To be clear, this is a bit outside of my domain of expertise, but I'm happy to weigh in with regard to some of the interactions that Axelys has had.
There are two recommendations. One is to identify large enough technological players invested in Canada that have an interest in further investing, making sure they have the support to do that. The second is to identify strategic partners across the country that are able to pilot initiatives on these platforms very early on.
I'll give a quick example on the Axelys side. In the last 18 months, we've developed in-house a national language-based AI platform, GenAI, in order to mine our own data. We've done years and years and thousands of reviews—landscape analysis. I cannot afford to put this on a server if I don't know that I can control the safety of it. We've developed it in-house, and right now we're storing it very locally as much as possible. We would be very happy to have a domestic provider with pure Canadian servers that are truly controlled by Canadian companies.
I'm looking for that. We're having a few early discussions. There are a few contenders that would be open to exploring these kinds of pilots, but we need support because it's so costly to do that.
